Places reachable by car or intense biking

Findhorn River and Randolph's Leap

The Findhorn river crosses all the area and eventually drops in the Findhorn Bay.

It provides different sceneries at various stages of its journey. You can rest on the banks in the last part looking at the calm water flowing in front of you, or you can enjoy the mountain and forest in its higher course.

Randolph's Leap is a particular place of the river, where some big stones try to stop its passage creating powerful whirls of water. It is a place full of stories and legends.

It is a myth of the Findhorn Community that in this place the veil which separates the material world and the world of nature beings, like Elves and Fairies, is very very subtle, so this is the ideal place to look for them!

 

Pluscarden Abbey

Pluscarden Abbey is the only medieval monastery in Britain still inhabited by monks and being used for its original purpose. They sing Gregorian chants several times a day as their spiritual practice.
At Pluscarden you can enjoy not only the beauty of its architecture and its setting but also something of the restful atmosphere of devotion that has so deeply permeated this little corner of Scotland.

You can easily reach the Abbey by car in 30 minutes or by a long pilgrimage walking the hills (4 hours) or by bicycle in about 2 hours.

For more details see http://www.pluscardenabbey.org .

 

The Dava Way

The Dava Way is a way marked trail between the towns of Forres and Grantown-on-Spey, mostly following the route of the dismantled Highland Railway Line which ran 166km from Forres to Dunkeld in Perthshire.

This pleasant and easy route is suitable for both walkers and reasonably experienced mountain bikers. It offers a variety of landscape, flora and fauna along with natural and railway heritage.

You can actually join the northern part of the Dava Way just crossing the road leading to Newbold House and pass through Chapelton Farm. When you cycle on the Dava Way you may find yourself utter. "Wow ... we are in Scotland!" .

For more details and complete documentation see http://www.davaway.org.uk/